Chatteris
Town · 9,904 residents
49Fair
Fair · among the lowest-scoring towns
Check Local Score out of 100 · 60 is typical for the country
Each arc is a topic, coloured by its score
What’s good
- Affordability scores 70, well above the typical 60
- Less recorded crime than is typical: 76 per 1,000 people a year against 100
Check before you view
- Flood risk: 54% of the area is in the highest flood zone, so check the street
- Radon: part of the area is in an affected zone, and a home test is cheap
- Food & drink scores 28, below the typical 60
The essentials
Everyday life
The area
Around Chatteris
Map outline: Official built-up area
Is Chatteris a good place to live?
Chatteris scores 49/100 overall, which the scorecard rates as fair — 60 is typical for the country.
It stands out for affordability (70) and safety (70).
It scores lowest on food & drink (28) and transport (31).
Scores come from official data on safety, schools, transport, prices, health, food & drink and the local environment, for Chatteris in East of England, each measured against the national average.
Summary of Chatteris
Chatteris has the look of a Fenland market village that has quietly filled out rather than been remodelled: terraces and semis along the older streets, newer detached estates on the edges, and a working high street rather than a styled one. The pace feels more agricultural hinterland than commuter satellite, and the population density backs that up — under half the regional average, so gardens and gaps between houses are the norm rather than the exception.
The practical picture is where Chatteris asks something of you. There's no rail station in the town itself, and the transport grade sits at a C against a run of B+s elsewhere, which is the one out-of-pattern note in an otherwise consistent profile — this is a place you drive from, not one you commute out of easily by train. Schools are locally solid rather than exceptional: Cromwell Community College and Kingsfield Primary both rate Good, and with a median age of 40.3 close to the national figure, this reads as settled-family and older-resident territory rather than a young-professional pipeline. Housing is where the numbers do the talking without needing to shout: a median price of £195,000 sits well under both the regional £330,000 and national £281,000 benchmarks, and slightly under neighbouring Fenland too. Detached houses dominate sales, freehold is close to universal, and the mix of price points (terraces from the £180,000s, detached around £315,000) suggests a street where a For Sale board means "final home" as often as "starter."